The GNS Market Fair is on in Sydney this weekend. It it follows the Perth event last weekend it will be busy. It was terrific catching up with Western Australian newsagents. The second trade show this weekend is the Gift Fair and Home and Giving trade show combination in Melbourne. This is a five day event. If the Melbourne fair is the same as last year, we will see several hundred newsagents through.
My software company, Tower Systems will be at both. In NSW we have 651 newsagents using our software so the Market Fair will be busy with existing customers as well as newsagents keen to switch. At the Home and Giving Fair in Melbourne the newsagents we will see will be in gift mode – quite a different head space to if they were at a newsagency trade show. We will also get to see plenty of gift, homewares, garden and other retailers. This can be existing as we get to talk retail outside our usual niche … it’s a wonderful learning opportunity.
I am not comparing both trade shows as they are very different in terms of focus and the type of event. I hope that the Melbourne event does not pull traffic from the GNS Fair.
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